Verb
get a word in (third-person singular simple present gets a word in, present participle getting a word in, simple past got a word in, past participle (UK) got a word in or (US) gotten a word in)
(US, usually in the negative) Ellipsis of get a word in edgewise.
I got well by talking. Death could not get a word in edgewise, grew discouraged, and traveled on. Louise Erdrich
I do interviews and signings and readings and all of these people just hang off my every word. And then I go home and have dinner with my family and nobody lets me get a word in. Kathy Reichs
Quentin Tarantino was fantastic. I mean, he can be almost unbearable as a person. At a party, you can't get a word in edgewise for, like, an hour. But as a director, he is so completely open and just... present. Phil LaMarr